TRENDS IN THE GAME INDUSTRY IN THE EASTERN CAPE
JANENE FERREIRA Nelson Mandela University Agriculture & Game Management FARMING ACTIVITIES OF RESPONDENTS
Farming activity Respondents Percentage Game 60 5.91 Cattle 361 35.57 Lucerne 8 0.79 Sheep 277 27.29 Wool 103 10.15 Angora goats 93 9.16 Grain 2 0.20 Boer goats 18 1.77 Dairy 34 3.35 TOP 10 GAME POPULATIONS IN THE EASTERN CAPE
Number of SPECIES Game numbers Extrapolated numbers respondents Common springbok 252 29 136 244 160 Kudu 293 24 173 202 570 Mountain reedbuck 292 16 614 139 225 Impala 133 13 384 112 158 Common duiker 327 13 261 111 127 Steenbok 288 11 242 94 208 Warthog 169 10 132 84 906 Common blesbok 197 9 239 77 423 Bushbuck 156 7 606 63 738 Fallow deer 101 4 420 37 040 TOP 10 SPECIES UTILIZED BY HUNTING
SPECIES Hunted Extrapolated
Common springbok 4 846 40 609 Warthog 2 197 18 410 Kudu 2 052 17 196 Common blesbok 1 397 11 706 Impala 1 313 11 002 Mountain reedbuck 1 032 8 648 Fallow deer 645 5 405 Bushbuck 434 3 636 Black wildebeest 358 3 000 Blue wildebeest 279 2 338 TOP 10 SPECIES IN ECONOMIC VALUE OF HUNTING
Economic value per Total economic Extrapolated SPECIES Hunted animal (R) value (R) value (R)
Kudu 2 052 3 218.82 6 605 018.64 55 350 056.20 Common springbok 4 846 603.70 2 925 530.20 24 515 943.08 Warthog 2 197 801.20 1 760 236.40 14 750 781.03 Impala 1 313 1 055.97 1 386 488.61 11 618 774.55 Common blesbok 1 397 944.86 1 319 969.42 11 061 343.74 Eland 133 8 945.38 1 189 735.54 9 969 983.83 Black wildebeest 358 2 896.08 1 036 796.64 8 688 355.84 Oryx 222 4 628.57 1 027 542.54 8 610 806.49 Nyala 93 10 719.60 996 922.80 8 354 213.06 Waterbuck 109 9 071.20 988 760.80 8 285 815.50 EASTERN CAPE GAME NUMBERS: 2002 TO 2011
GAME NUMBERS
1472794
1377213 1354077
1082684
2002 2005 2008 2011 NUMBERS UTILIZED: 2002 TO 2011
2002 2005 2008 2011
Hunted 117 182 130 660 144 886 133 644
Cropped 72 233 65 902 93 248 48 411
Captured 15 268 36 666 29 409 16 148
Other 6 671 7 496 3 805 4 802
Total 211 354 240 724 271 348 203 006 COMPARISON OF UTILIZATION FORMS: 2002 TO 2011
160 000
140 000 Hunted
120 000
100 000 Cropped
80 000
Captured 60 000
40 000 Utilized for other 20 000 purposes
0 2002 2005 2008 2011 GAME UTILIZATION FIGURES FOR THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002 TO 2011
GAME ANIMALS UTILIZED
271348
240723
211354 203006
2002 2005 2008 2011 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DECREASE IN FIGURES
- SOCCER WORLD CUP (2010)
- RIFT VALLEY FEVER (SLENKDALKOORS)
- DROUGHT (ABERDEEN TOWARDS BEAUFORT-WES)
- IMPLEMENTATION OF TOPS REGULATIONS
- EUROPEAN BAN ON EXPORTED GAME MEAT (EARLY 2011) PERCENTAGE UTILIZED: 2002 TO 2011
Recommended % Utilized % Utilized % Utilized % Utilized SPECIES % Utilized 2002 2005 2008 2011
Kudu 19 14.8 13.2 15.5 11.9 Common springbok 33 38.9 32.9 41.8 26.2 Blesbok 28 24.3 28 23.94 8.1 Warthog 120 19 32.3 33.8 28.8 Oryx (gemsbok) 15 14.8 12.1 11.3 14.3 Black wildebeest 30 13 23.4 22.9 32.7 Impala 30 14 22.1 20.3 18.6 Bushbuck 20 8.8 7.5 8.6 6.7 Bontebok 25 9.1 14.1 8.6 6.4 Eland 20 8.3 11.1 13.6 13.7 Blue wildebeest 30 8.7 17.8 17.74 25.3 Fallow deer 35-60 16.2 18.8 27 16 Red hartebeest 23 20.5 15.3 7.7 16.6 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF HUNTING IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF HUNTING (RANDS)
R224 916 399 R218 508 449
R153 484 527
R101 620 962
2002 2005 2008 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CROPPED IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CROPPED (RANDS)
R81 166 282
R63 480 232 R64 706 290
R44 120 259
2002 2005 2008 2011 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CAPTURED IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME CAPTURE (RANDS)
R92 332 401
R77 257 634
R60 717 898
R18 033 497
2002 2005 2008 2011 TOTAL ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF GAME UTILIZED IN THE EASTERN CAPE: 2002, 2005, 2008 AND 2011
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION BY UTILIZATION (RANDS)
R396 259 679 R372 945 482
R284 026 880
R168 252 655
2002 2005 2008 2011 ECONOMIC VALUES GENERATED BY THE VARIOUS FORMS OF UTILIZATION IN THE EASTERN CAPE
Utilization form Income (extrapolated) Percentage of total
Hunting 224 916 399 61.3
Capture 77 257 634 21.1
Cropping 64 706 290 17.6 PROJECTIONS FOR GAME NUMBERS UNTIL 2029
GAME NUMBERS 2 600 000
2 400 000
2 200 000
2 000 000
1 800 000
1 600 000
1 400 000
1 200 000
1 000 000
800 000
600 000
400 000
200 000
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